Sydney, Aug. 27 ( ANI ): People who think they are becoming dumber
due to a growing dependence on spell check options available in the
computer, is not true, writer and consultant Marc Prensky said.

Presnky, who is the author of In Brain Gain: Technology and the
Quest for Digital Wisdom, published this month, argued that this
reliance can be beneficial for the human race, but only if we are wise
about it.

According to The Age, Presnky said that the storage capacity of
certain machines is larger and more reliable than the human brain.

When Presnky was asked about how did he feel about technology like
Google, Wikipedia and auto-correct, which allows people to forget basic
knowledge like spelling, he replied:

"It all depends on what your definition of what basic
knowledge is. Spelling was basic knowledge when we didn't have
spell check. Now, why should spelling be basic knowledge? A machine can
do it better".

Presnky, however, added that these things are not perfect.

He also noted that growing dependence on machines was not wrong.

Presnky said that our access to databases and programs that carry
out complex computing functions allow us to complete tasks that we are
not capable of or at least cannot complete quickly.( ANI )

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